Mixed Multitudes
The Dead Outnumber the Living
“More Jews are buried in Helena [, Montana] than currently live here,” notes this new New York Times article about ...
Hanukkah Appeal: We’re Almost There!
You guys are the bestest. When our generous donor challenged us to raise $10,000 and promised a matching donation, you ...
Maccabi Film Festival This Weekend
Hanukkah is known for a couple of things. Food. Presents. Dreidels. And maybe most underrated, ews kicking some butt. And ...
Were the Maccabees Jerks?
This morning I got my Hanukkah Project CD, a new compilation record. My band Chibi Vision contributed a song to ...
The Shuls, They Are A’Changin’
Abby Sher, author of Amen, Amen, Amen: Memoir of a Girl Who Couldn’t Stop Praying (among Other Things), is blogging ...
Protestors Get Smart–And Mean
We haven’t written much about it on this blog, but in the past year in Israel there have been a ...
Best of the Week
Extra! Extra! Now is your last chance to read these articles while they are still new. If you read them ...
Do You Like Italian Food?
Of course you do. Stupid question. Everyone likes Italian food because it’s almost alarmingly delicious. Do you like Jews? Do ...
The Hanukkah Music Rush Begins
Everyone in the Jewish sphere of things, from Modern Tribe to the New York Times, seems to be rolling out ...
Wise Fridays: Fear of God
Fear only two: God, and him who fears not God. –Yiddish preacher Judah Leib Lazerov Find more Wise Fridays wisdom ...
How To Get Your Girlfriend To Break Up With You
Wanna be alone over the holidays? Well do I have the product for you! Have you ever looked at a ...
Halakhah Think Tank
There are people who will argue with me, but I’ve always thought of halakhah as dynamic. It changes based on ...